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Year wise Area of Forest Clearances granted for Infrastructure and Industrial Projects

Dataset Overview

This Dataset contains year wise are of forest clearances granted for infrastructure and industrial projects namely Canal, Communication Post, Defence, Dispensary/Hospital, Drinking Water, Encroachments, Forest Village Conversion, Hydel / Irrigation, Industry, Mining / Quarrying, Optical Fibre Cable, Others, Petrol Pump, Pipeline, Power Sub Station, Power Transmission Line, Railway, Rehabilitation,...

Organisation

Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change

Sectors

Environment and Forest

Update Frequency

Yearly

Granularity

Fiscal Year

Time Saved

2 hours

Number of Rows

280

Number of Columns

5

Sources

Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 183, Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change, 21 July 2025

Time Period

2014-15 to 2023-24

Units

area in hectares

Related Datasets

Year and State-wise Forest Cover, Geographical Area and Percentage of Forest Cover

Organisation

Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change

Time Period

1987 to 2023

Forest Land Diversion: Year-wise Total Forest Land diverted for different Types of Projects

Organisation

Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change

Time Period

2008-09 to 2022-23

Forest Encroachment: All India Year-wise Cumulative Forest Area under Encroachment

Organisation

Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change

Time Period

2002 to 2024

Data Preview

fiscal_yearcategoryareaunitsnotes
2023-24Canal2.7area in hectares
2023-24Communication Post6.54area in hectares
2023-24Defence2288.51area in hectares
2023-24Dispensary/Hospital10.76area in hectares
2023-24Drinking Water183.69area in hectares
2023-24Encroachments0area in hectares
2023-24Forest Village Conversion166area in hectares
2023-24Hydel / Irrigation8113.96area in hectares
2023-24Industry25.26area in hectares
2023-24Mining / Quarrying5611.24area in hectares

Metadata

NameNumber of Distinct ValuesNumber of Unique ValuesTypeCount
fiscal_year100Text280
category280Text280
area182178Number280
units10Text280
notes00Unsupported0

Related Datasets

Year and State-wise Forest Cover, Geographical Area and Percentage of Forest Cover

Organisation

Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change

Time Period

1987 to 2023

Forest Land Diversion: Year-wise Total Forest Land diverted for different Types of Projects

Organisation

Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change

Time Period

2008-09 to 2022-23

Forest Encroachment: All India Year-wise Cumulative Forest Area under Encroachment

Organisation

Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change

Time Period

2002 to 2024

Tags

environment clearance
deforestration
afforestration
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Citation

Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change. Year wise Area of Forest Clearances granted for Infrastructure and Industrial Projects [Data set]. Dataful. https://dataful.in/datasets/21515